Education
As a senior he completed 135 passes for 1,631 yards and 13 touchdowns (and five touchdowns in one game).
As a senior he completed 135 passes for 1,631 yards and 13 touchdowns (and five touchdowns in one game).
He served as the head football coach at Allegheny College from 1986 to 1989 and at the College of the Holy Cross from 1992 to 1995, compiling a career college football record of 43–41–1. He played football as a quarterback at Holy Cross from 1971 to 1973. Vaas was a walk-on quarterback at Holy Cross.
He was a three-year starter and set nine individual school passing records in his senior season.
His career numbers included 2,642 passing yards and 21 touchdown passes. Vaas immediately began his coaching career following his graduation from Holy Cross in 1974.
He served as an assistant coach at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania for five seasons. In 1979, Vaas was hired as the offensive backfield coach at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.
He spent four seasons in that capacity before being promoted to the position of offensive coordinator in 1983.
Allegheny
Vaas returned to Allegheny College as the Gators" head coach in 1986, a position he held for four seasons, until 1989. His coaching record at the school was 29–11–1. (720).
Holy Cross
He spent four seasons as the head coach at Holy Cross from 1992 to 1995.
His only winning season came in 1992, when he led his squad to a second place finish in the Patriot League.
